Editing Everett, Massachusetts (section)

==Government==

===Local===
Everett has a [[mayor-council]] form of government, where the [[mayor]] serves a four-year term.  The Everett [[city council]] was  the last existing bicameral legislature in any American city, consisting of a [[Alderman|Board of Aldermen]] and a Common Council.  As of November 8, 2011, it became a unicameral City Council.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/12/08/everetts_bicameral_government_will_become_historical_footnote_in_2014/ | title=Everett finally abandoning its bicameral government | newspaper=Boston.com | date=8 December 2011 | last1=Rosenberg | first1=Steven A. }}</ref>

;Board of Aldermen
The Board of Aldermen consisted of seven members one from each of the city's six [[Wards of the United States|ward]]s and one Alderman-at-Large. All Aldermen were elected citywide for a term of two years.

In addition to the duties they shared with the Common Council, the Board of Aldermen was the licensing authority in the city and approved licenses for motor dealers, second-hand dealers, awnings, lodging houses, junk dealers, pool tables, open-air parking lots, coin-operated devices, Lord's Day licenses, antique and precious metal dealers.

;Common Council
The Common Council consisted of three members elected per ward for a total of eighteen members. The Common Council shared equal responsibility for most legislative actions with the exception of licensing and confirmation of most Mayoral appointees.

===State===
Everett is represented in the [[Massachusetts General Court|state legislature]] by officials elected from the following districts:
* [[Massachusetts Senate's Middlesex and Suffolk district]]<ref name=Acts2011>{{citation |url=https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter152 |access-date= August 23, 2020 |work= Session Laws: Acts (2011) |title=An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts |author=Massachusetts General Court }}</ref>
* [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 28th Middlesex district]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htm |title=Massachusetts Representative Districts |access-date= August 23, 2020 |work=Sec.state.ma.us }}</ref>

===Voter party enrollment===

{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 26, 2024<ref>{{cite web|title = 2024 State Party Election Party Enrollment Statistics | publisher = Massachusetts Elections Division | access-date = 2024-11-22 | url = https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/download/research-and-statistics/enrollment_count_20241105.pdf}}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Party 
! Number of Voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 7,957
| style="text-align:center;"| 33.53%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1,160
| style="text-align:center;"| 4.89%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Unaffiliated
| style="text-align:center;"| 14,396
| style="text-align:center;"| 60.66%
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 54
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.23%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! style="text-align:center;"| 23,733
! style="text-align:center;"| 100%
|}